Port Hope, Town—Ville, Ontario (1851 census)

Port Hope, Town—Ville was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,476. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q613870. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.954°N, 78.299°W.

Population

In 1851, Port Hope, Town—Ville had a population of 2,476: 1,268 male and 1,208 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Port Hope, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:

• Hope

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 158 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,476 total population, 1,268 males, 1,208 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,151, Female members of the family who are present: 1,012, 868 single males, 780 single females, 413 families, 373 married females, 373 married males, Females present who are not members of the family: 196, 173 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 117, 116 males attending school, Female members of the family who are absent: 74, Male members of the family who are present: 63, 55 widowed females, 51 male births, 49 female births, 27 widowed males, 2 deaf and dumb females, 2 lunatic females, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 176 single males aged 20 to 30, 164 males aged 5 to 10, 163 married females aged 20 to 30, 151 females aged 5 to 10, 151 single females aged 15 to 20, 150 married males aged 30 to 40, 135 single females aged 10 to 15, 130 single males aged 10 to 15, 120 married females aged 30 to 40, 113 single males aged 15 to 20, 107 married males aged 20 to 30, 86 single females aged 20 to 30, 73 married males aged 40 to 50, 56 females aged 2 to 3, 56 married females aged 40 to 50, 52 males under age 1, 48 females under age 1, 47 females aged 1 to 2, 45 males aged 1 to 2, 43 males aged 2 to 3, 42 females age 3 to 4, 39 females aged 4 to 5, 39 males aged 4 to 5, 39 single males aged 30 to 40, 32 males aged 3 to 4, 32 married males aged 50 to 60, 17 males of unknown age, 16 married females aged 15 to 20, 15 single males aged 40 to 50, 13 married females aged 50 to 60, 13 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 12 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 9 single females aged 30 to 40, 9 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 8 married males aged 60 to 70, 8 single females aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 8 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 6 females of unknown age, 5 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 married females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 single males aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,107 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 639 persons originating in Ireland, 481 persons originating in England or Wales, 103 persons originating in the United States, 84 persons originating in Scotland, 22 French Canadians, 13 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 9 male negroes or coloured persons, 9 persons whose origin is unknown, 7 female negroes or coloured persons, 6 persons originating in New Brunswick, 4 persons originating in all other places, 4 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in Spain or Portugal, 1 persons originating in Sweden or Norway, 1 persons originating in the West Indies. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 persons originating in Jersey or other British islands — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 1,160 bushels of wheat, 350 bushels of potatoes, 300 bushels of carrots, 248 acres of land in farms, 180 acres of farmland under cultivation, 99 acres of farmland in pasture, 96 horses, 95 milk cows, 68 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 66 acres of farmland under crops, 50 acres of wheat, 40 bushels of turnips, 30 bushels of peas, 26 sheep, 16 tons of hay, 15 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 13 calves and heifers, 9 swine, 7 occupants of farms, 4 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 2 acres of potatoes, 2 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 1 acres of peas, 1 acres of turnips, 1 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes $11,000 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 2,000 foundries returning capital, 2,000 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, 2,000 yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills, 500 carding and fulling mills returning capital, 100 tanneries returning capital, 18 employees in foundries, 13 employees in grist mills, 5 employees in carding and fulling mills, 2 employees in tanneries, 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills powered by water, 2 grist mills reporting annual production, 2 grist mills returning capital, 2 tanneries, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 foundries, 1 foundries reporting, 1 tanneries not reporting, 1 tanneries reporting. 34,000 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. $300 value leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 12 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 3 people connected to this place who were alive in 1851, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON006007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON108008 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q613870
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Hope,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Hope

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1851 Census of Canada, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project, hosted at the HGIS Lab, University of Saskatchewan. Persistent place identity computed from spatial-overlap chains across all available census years (1851–1921). Identity grounding to Wikidata performed via the HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph project's MCP-assisted disambiguation pipeline. See the About / Methodology page for the full data pipeline.

Cite this page

Clifford, J. (2026). "Port Hope, Town—Ville, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/port-hope-town-ville-on006007-1851/.